Turning Tides: The Mughal Empire will discuss the rise and fall of the Mughals in the Indian subcontinent. The third and final episode, Tears of Blood, will cover the period from 1708 to 1858, in which the Mughal Empire steadily declined before completely capitulating during the First War of Indian Independence.

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Episode 3 Sources:

1. The Empire of the Great Mughals: History, Art and Culture, by Annemarie Schimmel

2. Daughters of the Sun: Empresses, Queens & Begums of the Mughal Empire, by Ira Mukhoty

3. The Harper Encyclopedia of Military History: From 3500 B.C. to the Present: Fourth Edition, by R. Ernest Dupuy and Trevor N. Dupuy

4. The Rise of the Sikh Empire: The story of the rise of the Sikh's as a Religion and to martial prowess, by Nehal Kaur

5. Majestic Mughals- A Saga of Passion, Power and Empire: From Babur to Bahadhurshah Jafar- Unraveling the Tale of India's Greatest Dynasty, by Arijeet Singh

6. The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History, by Alexander Mikaberidze

7. Nadir Shah in India, by Sir Jadunath Sarkar

8. British Colonialism in India: From the East India Company to the Road to Independence and the Partition of India (Pocket History), by Nigel Durve

9. The Legacy of Shivaji the Great: Military Strategy, Naval Supremacy, and the Maratha Empire, by Col. Anil Athale

10. Early Modern India (A.D. 1605 – 1856), by Dr. Suresh Rai. K.

11. Understanding the Mughal Empire from the Unusual Perspective of Jahanara Begum, by Derek Dwight Anderson

12. thekashmiriyat.co.uk/do-not-regret-my-act-people-are-with-me-up-teacher-who-got-muslim-boy-slapped/, August 27th, 2023, by News Desk

13. India's School Textbooks Are the Latest Battleground for Hindu Nationalism, time.com/6269349/india-textbook-changes-controversy-hindu-nationalism/, by Sanya Mansoor, published April 6th, 2023, updated April 7th, 2023

14. How India's Hindu Nationalists Are Weaponizing History Against Muslims, time.com/6320003/india-weaponizing-history-against-muslims/, by Audrey Truschke (professor of South Asian history at Rutgers University), published October 6th, 2023

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